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Jan. 28, 1941. G. A. CAMPBELL GAME Filed Sept. l5, 193B wue/wbofo GREGORY A. AMPBELL d 1 |k||||l. 1| @1m/ v|l O gw u 1 1 1. 1 1 m w 6 e r r r J r 6 E m@ M w w m n 1 1 1 .u 1 1 W.l Y r V V Y V V il.. l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r r V D m. Y V Y V r 1 E A m .m B Q M E e@ E 1 1 1 1 1 Q4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l I 1 1 1| SERIES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GALIE Gregory A. Campbell, Philadelphia, Pa. Application September 15, 1938, Serial No. 230,119

' The present invention consists of 3 Claims.

a game designed as an appurtenance or apparatus, especially adapted for use in playing the larly known as bingo.

game popu- In playing the game of bingo, it is customary to use extraneous articles to be placed over the numbers called, during the progress of play, with recognized disadvantages. With the ventlon, the bingo cards and appurt present inenances are self-contained so that extraneous means are unnecessary and the player is permitted to simultaneously use two or more cards which, -with the present invention, can be conveniently held in the hand, on the lap or on any suitable supporting medium, during the course of play, the invention also making provision for special games by the simple expedient of moving the card, by suitable means, in order to replace the numerals employed for general games, with the numerals adapted to be used for special games. Other objects of the invention are to provide a game of this character wherein player pieces,

movable at the option of the player, a

re employed to cover the numerals or other indicia on the playing cards, regardless of whether a general or special game is being played; and to provide iinger engaging means on the player pieces to facilitate movement of the latter.

erably curtailed.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the present preferred form of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, where- Fig. 1 is a plan View of a game constructed in accordance with the present invention, a part thereof being broken away to disclose details,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the the arrows,

direction of Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the the arrows,

direction of Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the player pieces, and

Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary top plan view of a modiiied form of the cover and player piece showing means which may be used to rprevent complete rotation of the player piece.

The device of this invention consis ts especially of a relatively flat casing, generally-designated 5, the casing including a base B and cover or top'l, the latter having its underface recessed, as indicated at 8, for the reception of a bingo or other playing card 9. The recess 8 is of greater length 5 than the card 9, thereby permitting longitudinal movement of the card for a purpose which will be hereinafter explained.

'Ihe top 1 of the casing is provided with groups of openings, generally designated I0 and I9', which may be of any desired shape and size. In the present instance, the openings are shown to be rectangular, each being preferably formed at the bottom of a circular depression II, formed in the upper face of the cover l. Each depression is adapted for the reception of a player piece I2, which latter is pivotally engaged, as indicated at I3, with the bottom Wall of a depression II. The thickness of the player piece is co-extensive with the depth of the depression II, consequently the upper or outer surfaces of the player pieces are uniplanar with the free or outer face of the cover l. To facilitate manipulation of the player pieces, I provide a protuberance Ill on the top of the player piece. The protuberance in the present instance is formed by pressing out a portion of the player piece, as illustrated to advantage in Fig. 3. v

The card 9 is equipped with groups of indicia I5 and I6 which correspond to .the groups of openings I9 and I0', these indicia being visible through said openings. In addition, the card is provided with groups of indicia Il arranged directly below the indicia I5 and I6, said indicia, Il being adapted to replace the indicia I5 and I6 by longitudinal movement of the card 9 in the recess 8.

For the purpose of moving the card 9, I employ a pin I8, with the top of which a finger button I9 is engaged, the pin extending through a slot 20 in the cover o-r top l of the casing.

Preferably the card 9 is provided with indicia informative of the series being played and of the card number being employed at the time. For this purpose, I provide, in the cover l, openings 2| and 22, through the rst of which openings indicia 23, indicative of the series being played is visible, and indicia. 24, indicative of the card number being employed, is visible through the openings 22. The indicia 23 and 24 is automatically brought into view when the card 9 is moved through the medium of the button I9.

The game may be played in different Ways, but following the usual procedure of playing standv ard bingo, the indicia is left uncovered and is visible through the openings I0 and Il'. when a number is called, the player piece I 2 is manipulated to covery over the number. As soon as a predetermined number of indicia have been covered, the objectiv'is attained.

To prevent complete rotation of the player pieces I2 each of the latter may be provided with slots or recesses I2' adapted for the reception of stops 25 which latter may be formed in o r attached to the cover 1.

While the indicia on the card 9 is shown in the present instance to consist of numeralsfit is of course to be understood that this may be changed. It is, of course, furthermore to be understood that although lI have shown a card consisting of two groups of indicia permitting the simultaneous playing of two cards, this may be increased or decreased. Also. the casing may be made of bre, wood, cardboard, metal or any other suitable material. l have found that an inexpensive cardboard is sumcient Sor this purpose.

What is claimed is: l. A bingo game including a casing embodying an apertured top, an indicia bearing card movably mounted in the casing, said card being its operation, and an indicia bearing card movvably mounted in said casing, the indicia being arranged in groups and positioned to be visible ihrough the groups of openings of said depresons.

3. A bingo game including a casing embodying an apertured top, a card mounted in said casing and provided with two sets of indicia one of which sets is normally visible through the apertures of the top, the card being shiftable to bring the other set lof indicia into view at the option of the user, and individual aperture closure means mounted in said top.

GREGQRY' A. CAMPBELL. 

